Pain And Gain (2013)

Pain And Gain Synopsis

From acclaimed director Michael Bay comes Pain and Gain, a new action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie. Based on the unbelievable true story of a group of personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong.

Paramount Home Media Distribution is bringing the movie on to Blu-ray and DVD on August 27, and to celebrate the release, we are giving away one awesome grand prize related to the film that includes a Blu-ray copy of Pain & Gain signed by Mark Wahlberg and a few other goodies.

Michael Bay scored one of the worst openings for one of his movies this weekend, but you won't hear him complaining too much. Turns out this was also one of his cheaper movies (one of only a few with a price tag less than $100 million). The $20 million debut was a comparably decent start against its non-special-effects-laden $26 million reported budget, and was enough to nab number on a slow weekend.

After watching this trailer, I must admit that I'm curious just how far Bay will be pushing the content of his latest film, which he has previous compared to a Coen brothers movie, rather than being like his more recent Transformers fare.

This has to be one of the grander experiments of 2013, no? Bay, of course, isn't known for his carefully tuned storytelling, but has likened this project to a dark comedy a la the Coen brothers. The trailers still show plenty of flash, but the laugh are there. If this were a creature at the zoo I'd stare at it for hours out of curiosity.

After five straight years of making Transformers movies, Michael Bay promised to change things up with his next project - and it seemed like he was. Instead of going for some new major action blockbuster, he instead committed himself to Pain & Gain.

When we shared the first poster released for Michael Bay's 2013 action-comedy Pain & Gain, Eric pointed out that most posters for Bay's movies are "filled with super star A-list actors not looking back at the bomb they just set off." The newest poster borrows some of that concept, putting two of its A-listers front and center, but trading explosions for an American flag backdrop.

Last night in a screening room above a rain-soaked Times Square, Paramount Pictures unveiled a reel to show off their highest-profile releases through 2014, including footage from two films that hadn't been seen anywhere else. And no, before you ask, neither of them were Star Trek Into Darkness-- all we got from that was the same bit of director J.J. Abrams's appearance on Conan

Michael Bay's Pain and Gain won't be out until April of next year, but apparently the marketing push has already begun. The film is a big experiment for the director as it's been described as Coen brothers-esque dark crime comedy, which should be very different than what we usually expect from a Michael Bay movie (Read: explosions and mayhem).

Michael Bay has always been a summer movie king. Since the first Bad Boys - which came out in April - every single one of the action director's movies have been released during the summer, from the Transformers trilogy to Armageddon. His next film, however, which has been described as a "Coen brothers-esque" dark crime comedy, that streak will officially be broken, as it's been announced that Pain and Gain will be coming out on...

Michael Bay has described his next film, Pain and Gain, as being similar to a Coen brothers crime film, but that's not the only way he seems to be emulating the Oscar winning siblings - he's reusing his old castmembers as well. He already has Ed Harris (The Rock) as well as John Turturro (the Transformers trilogy) and now he's added yet another Bay veteran.

Rebel Wilson hasn't been acting onscreen very long, but by teaming up with the right people and making the most of some small supporting roles, she suddenly seems to be everywhere and only getting busier. Her first major role in the United States was as Kristen Wiig's obnoxious roommate in Bridesmaids

Rosenberg will polish Bay’s shooting script, which follows two Miami bodybuilders who dabbled in kidnapping and extortion but saw their criminal “empire” come to a convoluted close when things go awry. Comparisons have been made between this based-on-true-events story and the Coen Brothers’ Fargo, which sounds fantastic … if Bay can pull it off.

Michael Bay is a man that knows what he likes and one thing that definitely fits in that category is beautiful women. Since making his feature debut in 1995, Bay has never failed to include at least one beauty in his cast, be it Téa Leoni, Vanessa Marcil, Liv Tyler, Kate Beckinsale, Gabrielle Union, Scarlett Johansson, Megan Fox, Isabel Lucas or Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Mackie has proven himself capable of jumping into just about anything and making it better, from excellent second-banana work in The Hurt Locker to a slyly funny and soulful role in The Adjustment Bureau to, hey why not, Real Steel. It'll be interesting to see how he meshes his own charisma with The Rock and Wahlberg

Pain and Gain will be Bay's first real comedy, which carries with it a lot of risks and potential for overblown action that takes away from what's actually funny. But he's at least attracting a lot of good actors, and has at least found something to do other than crash giant robots together-- a relief for those of us who think the guy does have a little bit of talent

Rob Corddry is now in talks to join Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg and Ed Harris in the crime-comedy Pain and Gain. Based on a true story, the movie stars Johnson and Wahlberg as a pair of blockheaded bodybuilders who try to make some quick cash by robbing and kidnapping a prominent Florida businessman. The plan goes horribly wrong, though, when they beat their victim nearly to death and a private investigator is hired to track the criminals down (played by Ed Harris).

Inspired by the immoral escapades of the Sun Gym gang, the film would center on a pack of burly but dumb bodybuilders who decide to make some quick cash by robbing and kidnapping an affluent Florida businessman. After a series of roid rage-fueled beatings, the macho morons leave their victim for dead and with a taste for bloody revenge. Their comeuppance later comes at the hands of a private investigator hired to track them down.

Michael Bay hasn't directed a film without Transformers in the title since 2005, but just yesterday he began making headway towards changing that pattern. A report came out that said the filmmaker was looking at Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg to star in his Coen brothers-esque crime comedy Pain and Gain.

Both actors have had discussions with Bay, though Johnson’s closer to signing than Wahlberg. The story would be adapted from an article that ran in Miami New Times back in 1999. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who co-wrote Captain America together, wrote the original script and admit it mirrors Fargo, but both actors have a slew of potential projects on their plate...

It's been described as in the vein of Pulp Fiction, and Bay called it "a fun character piece. No action. One car crash." Sounds about as un-Bay as you can get, but according to Bay and screenwriters Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus, Pain and Gain has been moved to the front burner

Has Michael Bay ever been a guy to let the people down? Today he's announced on his website that Transformers 3 has an official release date of July 1, 2011-- meaning it won't be delayed until 2012, as even Bay himself had speculated